David Roe

This is an activist rulemaking, and I have gotten a lot of employer feedback about where is this going?

I think major issues like that you will find some disagreement on.

I couldn't agree more, and hopefully this body and the other body will look at the TEAM Act...

I grew up in a union household. My father was a member of United Rubber Workers Union.

The current board and acting general counsel are doing no more and no less than conscientiously carrying out their statutory responsibilities as prescribed by Congress and underscored by the Supreme Court.

For 21 consecutive months unemployment has been at or above 9 percent.

I look forward to working with our ranking Democratic member, Rob Andrews, who brings his own depth of knowledge and ideas to these critical issues.

Getting this economy back on track and getting the employed back to work, I hope today's hearing will help determine whether the NLRB is a partner in that effort.

It is a shame we have a situation where collective bargaining agreements are there for the benefits of adults and not to upheld the learning of children.

The saddest thing about education is the happiest financial day in an educator's life is the day they walk out the door.

You referred to your Top Jobs of the 21st Century Initiative. And the President talked last night about there is a close correlation between education and jobs.

I get worn out by that every time I go home. I hope there are no signs. I hope you put them on the Internet.

You want to make it where you can work in a safe environment, provide a quality work environment, and remain productive so your business can be competitive.

That should have been not a red flag, that should have been a marching band telling you----

I certainly don't want to make it impossible to carry on business; I mean, and believe me, a lot of the OSHA rules make it harder to carry on business.

Didn't that wave a red flag at somebody? I mean, that seems to be an enormous number of people.

This is a very serious issue and should be addressed.

It makes sense to me to let the experts--they asked for a year to look at this and study this issue more and get some data.

It is not the pork producers that are the problem.

I think perception ends up being reality.

I thought about 100 people would show up; 1,200 showed up the first year, 2,000 the next year.

And you have to have both.

There is a concern that many of the allegations made in the two reports detailed in the VA OIG testimony may also be occurring in other offices within the VA.

Did the folks get bonuses? We have held hearings... where those particular institutions had institutional problems.

I've got counties where the unemployment rate is 17 percent, and they look at someone getting a $30,000 bonus.